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Наталя ХандусенкоWeapon
27 December 2024, 09:51
2024-12-27
Russian manufacturers of the Oreshnik missile, which Putin boasts so much, use equipment from foreign companies
The Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering (MITT) and the Sozvezdie Institute, which Ukrainian intelligence says are developing the Oreshnik missiles, are looking for employees with experience working with equipment created by German and Japanese companies. This is especially true in the area of using computerized numerical control (CNC) systems, which are key to Oreshnik production.
The Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering (MITT) and the Sozvezdie Institute, which Ukrainian intelligence says are developing the Oreshnik missiles, are looking for employees with experience working with equipment created by German and Japanese companies. This is especially true in the area of using computerized numerical control (CNC) systems, which are key to Oreshnik production.
On November 21, the enemy struck the Yuzhmash plant in Dnipro, a former top-secret rocket manufacturing enterprise of the Soviet Union, with a nuclear-capable Oreshnik ballistic missile. Analysts believe that the Oreshnik is a modified version of the RS-26 Rubezh.
Financial Times journalists discovered that job advertisements at two institutes include requirements for skills in working with metalworking systems created by FANUC, SIEMENS, and HEIDENHAIN, writes Economic Truth. This shows the Kremlin's dependence on foreign technologies that are subject to Western sanctions.
This is particularly evident in the use of computerized numerical control (CNC) systems, which are key to Oreshnik production. This technology allows factories to process materials quickly and accurately through computer-controlled tools.
MITT, the leading institute for the development of Russian solid-fuel ballistic missiles, states in its 2024 job advertisements: "We use FANUC, SIEMENS, HEIDENHAIN systems."
FANUC is a Japanese company, SIEMENS and HEIDENHAIN are German. All three manufacturers create control systems for high-precision numerically controlled (CNC) machine tools.
The same three Western companies are mentioned in the advertisements of the Sozvezdie Institute, which listed “automated control systems and communication systems” for military purposes among its specializations. The vacancies state the requirement “knowledge of CNC systems — FANUC, SIEMENS, HEIDENHAIN.”
In addition, a video from a third defense company, Titan Barrikady, which is also involved in the production of the Nutcracker, shows an employee standing in front of a device with the FANUC logo.
Job postings also show that Stan, the company leading Russia's efforts to create a domestic CNC manufacturing industry, uses HEIDENHAIN equipment.
